And where is all that energy? Still with him, right? If it wasn't all taken.

( He looks back at the wall to their adjoining rooms like he can see through it. It's enough that he can hear the conversation next door, Freya coming to lend her hand, and the quickened pulse of a worrying sister. )

I don't understand, I thought most conduits are temporary. You tap into it, use it, and break it.